Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordow in response to IAEA resolution

Tuesday, 22 November 2022 8:59 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 4:55 PM ]​

In this file picture, new-generation Iranian centrifuges are displayed during the National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran, on April 10, 2021

Iran has started enriching uranium to the purity level of 60% at its Fordow nuclear facility, following the recent resolution that the US and the European troika initiated at the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors to mount pressure on the Islamic Republic.
Tehran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its decision via a letter. It described the move as a strong message to the recent anti-Iran resolution passed by the IAEA’s Board of Governors.
Iran also installed two new IR2M and IR4 cascades at Natanz facility, which have now reached the stage prior to the injection of uranium gas into centrifuges. This means that Iran has practically imitated uranium enrichment by means of the new cascades, and the process will finish within the next few days.

IAEA anti-Iran resolution politically-motivated, meant to damage Tehran-agency ties: FM spokesman
Iran says the “politically-motivated” anti-Tehran resolution recently adopted by the UN nuclear watchdog comes while the country has “the most transparent” peaceful nuclear program.
Moreover, Iran has fitted and launched new centrifuges at two empty halls in Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites, in what is deemed as a decisive response to the resolution against the country.
The halls, under Iran’s commitment to the terms of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), had been vacant but centrifuges have been installed there once again.
The report went on to point to the replacement of IR1 centrifuges at Fordow with IR6 as Iran’s fourth important move against the IAEA resolution, stressing that the measure will increase enrichment at the site by 10 times.
The latest measures are said to be in line with a law approved by the Iranian Parliament to counter unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran.
The Iranian Parliament passed the law – dubbed the Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions – in December 2020, prompting the Iranian administration to restrict the IAEA’s inspections and accelerate the development of the country’s nuclear program beyond the limits set by the JCPOA.

IAEA’s ‘political’ resolution aimed at mounting pressure on Iran: Foreign Ministry spokesman
Iran says a recent IAEA resolution passed at the behest of the US and three European countries pursued political goals.
Iran took five steps in scaling back its obligations, among them abandoning operational limitations on its nuclear industry, including with regard to the capacity and level of uranium enrichment.
All those measures were adopted after informing the IAEA beforehand, with the Agency’s inspectors present on the ground in Iran.
The recent anti-Iran resolution at the Board of Governors, ratified on Thursday, has criticized Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation with the agency. It was put forward by the United States, Britain, France and Germany, in continuation of their political pressures on Iran. Russia and China voted against the motion.

 

[raptor22]

That means production of IR6 is much faster than I thought.

 

[mohsen]

increase enrichment at the site by 10 times

I can't wait to see more anti-Iran resolution! American face after hearing this news is quite enjoyable.

 

[Hack-Hook]

just shred all IR1 as a message , please don't send them into storage

just shred all IR1 as a message , please don't send them into storage

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Godspeed Hero's.

 

[raptor22]

just shred all IR1 as a message , please don't send them into storage

just shred all IR1 as a message , please don't send them into storage

Don't be ungrateful, for years these machines have been backbone of our enrichment program .. have heart sir.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Don't be ungrateful, for years these machines have been backbone of our enrichment program .. have heart sir.

for centuries those carriage was used for transport , do we still must use them.
those IR-1 are inefficient , susceptible to sabotage, and raise operation cost. they are relics of the post and as long as they are there , they try to made us use them . shred them and people understand an era in our nuclear program ended and will never come back

 

[Foinikas]

Prepare for Israeli airstrikes.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Prepare for Israeli airstrikes.

Israel don't have the weapon to affect those sites

 

[Foinikas]

Israel don't have the weapon to affect those sites

Why?

 

[raptor22]

for centuries those carriage was used for transport , do we still must use them.
those IR-1 are inefficient , susceptible to sabotage, and raise operation cost. they are relics of the post and as long as they are there , they try to made us use them . shred them and people understand an era in our nuclear program ended and will never come back

I didn't say that ... I just asked for respect for an elder.

Prepare for Israeli airstrikes.

For decades.

Why?

Our facilities have spread throughout the country.
All of them have built deep deep under the ground protected by special concrete:

"....In the late 2000’s, rumors circulated about a bunker in Iran struck by a bunker-buster bomb. The bomb had failed to penetrate—and remained embedded in—the surface of the bunker, presumably until the occupants called in a bomb-disposal team. Rather than smashing through the concrete, the bomb had been unexpectedly stopped dead.​

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The reason was not hard to guess. Iran was a leader in the new technology of Ultra High Performance Concrete, or UHPC. Evidently, their latest was too much for standard bunker busters..."​

That means to destroy a site there must consecutive strikes in one poin,


Besides all these Iran has got the knowledge is a big country.

 

[Foinikas]

I didn't say that ... I just asked for respect for an elder.

For decades.

Our facilities have spread throughout the country.
All of them have built deep deep under the ground protected by special concrete:

"....In the late 2000’s, rumors circulated about a bunker in Iran struck by a bunker-buster bomb. The bomb had failed to penetrate—and remained embedded in—the surface of the bunker, presumably until the occupants called in a bomb-disposal team. Rather than smashing through the concrete, the bomb had been unexpectedly stopped dead.​

​

The reason was not hard to guess. Iran was a leader in the new technology of Ultra High Performance Concrete, or UHPC. Evidently, their latest was too much for standard bunker busters..."​

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That means to destroy a site there must consecutive strikes in one poin,


Besides all these Iran has got the knowledge is a big country.

I was suspecting most of them are underground,but didn't know they are that secure. Then again,the Israelis must have some alternative plan. Still,it's interesting to see Iran's AA defenses against any possible Israeli or American attack.

 

[aryobarzan]

I was suspecting most of them are underground,but didn't know they are that secure. Then again,the Israelis must have some alternative plan. Still,it's interesting to see Iran's AA defenses against any possible Israeli or American attack.

FYI...Change of IR1 to IR 6 is the final nail in the coffin of JCPOA..just look at the last photo the depth of facility under the mountain..

"FORDO" deep underground enrichment plant

"Natanz" new deep underground enrichment plant
(no photos has ever been published of this underground facility)

only a direct nuclear explosion at the site can damage the site..

 

[Hack-Hook]

I was suspecting most of them are underground,but didn't know they are that secure. Then again,the Israelis must have some alternative plan. Still,it's interesting to see Iran's AA defenses against any possible Israeli or American attack.

their problem is their f-35 can't carry the bunker busters that can even hope to do any damage in their internal bays so they don't have the low rcs advantage if they decide to go that route

 

[raptor22]

I was suspecting most of them are underground,but didn't know they are that secure. Then again,the Israelis must have some alternative plan. Still,it's interesting to see Iran's AA defenses against any possible Israeli or American attack.

Well we learned our lessons from Iraq and Syria, besides Iran's AA defenses Iran would go for military responses:

In nutshell it's impossible to role back Iran NP as far as Iran got the knowledge.